Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531 - Beep Symptoms; No-Beep Symptoms; LCD-Related Symptoms

Table3.Errormessages(continued)
Symptomorerror(beeps,ifany)
FRUoraction,insequence
Thebatteryinstalledisnotsupportedbythissystemand
willnotcharge.
PleasereplacethebatterywiththecorrectLenovobattery
forthissystem.
PresstheESCkeytocontinue.
Replacethebattery.
Thissystemdoesnotsupportbatteriesthatarenot
genuineLenovo-madeorauthorized.Thesystemwill
continuetoboot,butmaynotchargeunauthorized
batteries.
Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityforthe
performanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingout
oftheiruse.
Replacethebattery.
Beepsymptoms
Table4.Beepsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Oneshortbeep,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,three
moreshortbeeps,pause,andoneshortbeep
1.Replacethememorymodule.
2.Replacethesystemboard.
Threeshortbeeps,pause,oneshortbeep,pause,one
moreshortbeep,pause,andthreeshortbeeps
RemovethedevicefromExpressCardslot.
Onelongandtwoshortbeeps
Replacethesystemboard.
FiveshortbeepsReplacethesystemboard.
No-beepsymptoms
Table5.No-beepsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.
1.Ensurethateveryconnectorisconnectedtightly
andcorrectly.
2.Reseatmemorymodule.
3.Replacethesystemboard.
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.
1.Reseatmemorymodule..
2.Replacethesystemboard.
Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.
TypethepasswordandpressEnter.
Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.Typethepasswordand
pressEnter.
LCD-relatedsymptoms
Important:TheTFTLCDforthenotebookcomputercontainsmanythin-lmtransistors(TFTs).The
presenceofasmallnumberofdotsthataremissing,discolored,oralwayslightedischaracteristicofTFT
LCDtechnology,butexcessivepixelproblemscancauseviewingconcerns.
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